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Post by Kaye&Lanh on Mar 29, 2005 9:23:53 GMT -5
Emily sat on the edge of a boat, coiling rope. A few gyptain boys worked at tying up the boat, watching the girl from behind her. Amadeo, Emily's dæmon, wrestled with a few other dæmons. They simply wrestled for fun, not to hurt each other.
Emily grabbed Deo's tail and dragged him into her lap. She pointed, and all the boys and the dæmons looked. Emily stood and called to the person who appeared dæmonless 'Who's there?'
The figure came to the bank and broke down crying. 'My Twien! They took him!'
Emily called to a boy 'Matty, go find Ma Costa, or Lord Fa, or Farder Coram! Go! Tell them what she said!' Emily started going towards the shore, hopping from boat to boat. 'Oy, come help me!' she yelled to the boys, who were still standing there. They went with her, and hopped onto shore.
The woman was curled up into a ball and was sobbing. Her face was pale, ashy in color, and she was feeling around her for something. Emily took a small rag from her pocket, and gave it to the woman. The woman took it an held it tight.
Emily looked at the others, and they looked back. Their dæmons held onto their humans with death grips, and those who couldn't grab were pressed so close to the bodies of their humans.
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Post by |3200k1 on Mar 29, 2005 20:42:40 GMT -5
Rachel looked on,clutching her daemon tightly. Her red-brown hair was pulled back out of her pale face and away from her amber eyes. Her clothes seemed to be slightly ratty, as if she just picked them up out of no where, but they were actually in fairly good condition- no holes or tears and not too dirty. They were simply nuetral eath tones layered on her body along with random bangles she seemed to have found on the ground.
Her daemon, Akinas, was formed as a summer-coated ermine and clutching to her chest,shivering.Rhae herself was pale and eyes wide. She had heard stories of such things, but had never-ever- dreamed that something would exist- much less come to her homeland.
She stood away from the growing crowd, almost sinking into the shadows, the glint of her large, golden hoop earrings reflecting what sunlight there was as she watched in awe, tears brimming.
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Post by Kaye&Lanh on Mar 31, 2005 8:23:51 GMT -5
Emily noticed Rachel and said 'Oy, since none of these block heads seem willing, can you help me get her onto a boat? The Costa boat, i guess.' She lookedthe girl over and said 'Wait a minute. You en't gyptain, are ya?' Deo's fur bristled, and her bared his fangs at her dæmon.
'Did you do this to her?' Emily asked coldly.
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Post by Tyrannus et Callida on Mar 31, 2005 17:15:21 GMT -5
After following the directions given to him, getting lost only twice, Metrean finally made it to the fens. He scanned the area, and, spotting some people, walked in their direction.
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Post by Cat on Mar 31, 2005 17:34:59 GMT -5
Julian had run a long way, and he was definitely ready to stop. Panting, he slid to halt by the fens and looked on, interested. "Is that guy following us?" he shot at Shay. She looked over each shoulder, and shook her head. Julian warily edged closer to the group of gyptians, eyeing them with disdain. "What's happening?" he asked coolly, fully intending to remain a spectator.
Shay blinked. "Well, it looks like ... someone ... oh, God ..."
Julian felt her fear and disgust at his heart. "What? What is it?"
"That woman," Shay said in a voice barely above a whisper. "She has no dæmon."
It felt as though his stomach plummeted several feet. Julian said nothing for a second - then he spotted Metrean. With a start of alarm he quickly moved back, hissing, "Well, I think we've got more pressing matters at the second. It's that lunatic from yesterday - with the sword. Bloody hell, this is not my day. ... Neither was yesterday."
Shay padded softly to stand behind his legs, almost completely concealed. "What if he sees us?"
"Then we run like hell."
Just because they'd escaped unscathed last time didn't mean they would be so lucky a second time.
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Post by Tyrannus et Callida on Mar 31, 2005 17:57:31 GMT -5
As Metrean walked closer, he discerned that the figures seemed to be focused on two of the group.
When he got close enough, he saw that one of the two seemed... strange. He couldn't figure out what about her made him feel this way. He just instinctively knew that something about her wasn't right.
"Hey, what's going on here?" he shouted, as to get everyone's attention.
Meanwhile, Thayndriar was looking about, for she was restless. She felt uneasy, and made sure her human knew this.
I guess we'll have to be careful then, he thought back to her.
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Post by |3200k1 on Mar 31, 2005 18:59:37 GMT -5
Rachels eyessnapped back to reality as she saw the gyptian and her daemon bristling at her.
"She asked you to help pick the Cut onto the boat...."
"Why's she mad?"
"You're not gyptian."
Showing that he was no threat, Aki slid down from her shoulder to her large pocket.
"I'll help." Rhae said, giving the girl a confident look and ignoring her daemon. "I don't know how strong I am,though."
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Post by KK on Mar 31, 2005 19:08:39 GMT -5
Ur took a deep drink from the water. She looked around again, trying to decide whether to stay here or go somewhere else. She heard noise, and paused, crouching still. Rahrah had turned into a smaller cat to wash his paws, but turned back into a tiger and cocked his head in the direction of the noise. Hoping it was an animal she could hunt, Ur ran to where the noise was coming from, her feet making almost no noise against the ground. She saw people, including the boy with the cat daemon who had run away from the bookshop. Ur paused, unsure of what to do.
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Post by Kaye&Lanh on Apr 1, 2005 6:43:19 GMT -5
Emily looked at Metrean. 'Woman's cut up. That or there's something else. She en't from around here.'
She lifted the woman into a semi-standing postiton. Emily supported the woman like you'd support someone with a hurt leg, who couldn't walk. She waited for the other girl to support the other side, since the womanwas mostly dead weight, still whimpering.
When the girl picked up the woman, Emily would lead the way onto a boat.
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Post by |3200k1 on Apr 1, 2005 16:15:51 GMT -5
Racheal saw what she was doing and quickly supported the otherside, then following the girl as she headed to the boat. As she walked up the plank ((OOC: right?)), she began to wonder what the gyptians would think of her when she stepped onto the vessel, but paid no attention to the fleeting thoughts- more urgent matters were at hand.
Aki, however, was very nervous at the fact, and became a knee-high reddish-gold cat with fur that-when hit by the light- could gleam every color from fire-red, to emerald-green, the lavendar. He looked around cautiously with his violet eyes and his tail tip twitched anxiously.
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Post by Kaye&Lanh on Apr 1, 2005 16:27:59 GMT -5
Emily went into a boat and laid the woman down on a bed. Ma Costa came in, followed by Farder Coram. Coram's dæmon looked alot like the cat Aki had mimicked, except Sophanax was prettier. Emily started to explain
'Me 'n' Deo saw her. She wants her Twein. They took her. Not cut her, just took her.'
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Post by |3200k1 on Apr 1, 2005 17:17:37 GMT -5
Rhae said nothing,merely standing off to the side and observing. the more she could figure out, the better. Her only problem was that when they atarted talking about something, she somehow jumped to a completely diffrent subject in her mind until Aki brushed her side to get her to pay attention. She had though tthe woman was cut- she ahd seen /that/ before, but just /taking/ the daemon? The very thought reverberated through her and into Aki, causing him to climb up her as an ermie and then became the cat again in her arms.
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Post by KK on Apr 1, 2005 17:37:27 GMT -5
Ur decided that she should see what the people were doing. Some of them went inside a boat, carrying the daemonless human with them. Ur wasn't as shocked as everyone else was, because she hadn't been around other humans long enough to know that every single one of them had a daemon. She had always regarded Rahrah as something that only she had. She snuck closer, wondering whether to enter one of the boats or not and whether someone would see her.
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Post by Tyrannus et Callida on Apr 1, 2005 18:20:42 GMT -5
Metrean became annoyed. He was used to having his way, but these people had barely even noticed him. He instinctively ran his hand along the hilt of his sword, but then said in a hushed voice, "They're not worth it."
He briefly looked around, and, sighting no one, said aloud to Thayndriar, "Think we'll find it?"
She returned, "Maybe. That girl was right. These people do look like they'd steal it."
"Yeah, but I don't think he'd have given it up easily. We should really be looking for him. If what the girl said was true... we could've gotten it too, if we'd known what it was. It's not like he could've stopped us."
"Well, we can start by looking around here. We'll find our golden trinket."
"Of course we will. And nothing'll stop us."
He looked around once again. This time, he saw someone. She was not too far off, and from this distance Metrean assessed her. The first thing he noticed was that she was filthy. The second thing was that she wore odd clothes. This was as far as he thought, and he immediately disliked her. He drew his sword and walked closer to the girl.
"Hey, who are you?"
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Post by KK on Apr 1, 2005 19:00:41 GMT -5
"Heyooaroo," repeated Ur. She had seen too many humans around to be scared of them, and decided to see if this boy was a friend or an enemy. Rahrah changed into a large cat next to her. He didn't want to be too imposing, but had to be able to defend himself if he was attacked suddenly by the boy's daemon.
"Hey, whoareoo," said Ur again, her pronunciation getting slightly better.
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